News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29

One of William Cheney's teams be-
came frightened while turning the
corner of Main and Portland streets
last Friday, broke away and ran
down the sidewalk To the depot, where
it was stopped before any damrgr
WIS done.
Gen. j. NJ. Warner, Of Albany, n,
Y. recently presented the G. A. r.
Post at this place, which bears his
name, with an excellent, large sized
portrait of himself, elegantly framed,
for which the boys desire to express
their thanks.
! L he Christmas concert by the Con-
gregational Sabbath school Sunday
evening was instructive and enter
tainlng, and the exercises, consisting
of responsive readings, recitations,
songs, ETC., were promptly and effec-
tually carried ous.
Communion services will be held at
the Congregational church next Sun
day morning. The preparatory SER
vices will be held at the vestry Thurs
dav evening and the annual meeting
of the church for the election of Off
GERS on Saturday afternoon. The an
nual meeting of the society connected
with the church will be held on Mon
day evening, Jan. 3.
A new chapter of the .. E. 5. was
organized at Island Pond Nov. 80, by
Grand Patron w. G. McCIintock, as
sisted by G. NJ. Mrs. F. E. Havrland
and sisters Edgerton, Pater and Smith
OF Esther Chapter No. 20, of Lyn-
donville. The chapter North Star
No. %, starts off with membership
of twenty, live, wide awake young
members and we predict for them a
pleasant time.
The G. A. X. campfire at the Town
Halt last night was an unqualified sue
cess and all present came away we'll |
pleased with The entertainment. Fa-
theT Locke's war stories were excellent |
aud intensely interesting; while the
songs with which he interspersed the
Were one of the fea-
lures of the evening. and were greet
ed with g'eat applause by the audi |
ence. The G.. A. r. have under con-
sideration a repetition of the enter
Iainment at an early date, and we pre-
dict for them full house.
The class Of 'SS were invited on
Friday last to class supper at the
house of ore CT their number. 1t was
a complete surprise to the young host,
George Bushee, as he had no suspic-
ion of the affair till he came in at 6
o'clock and found his class awaiting
him. After the supper % or 80 more
of the Young people Joined the com
pany. The entertainment of the eve
ming was the exhibition of the human
lphone given under the direction of
Piof. Stone. This is a wonderful in
stIument, recently invented and i'm
ported from Germany. So skilfully
did the Professor play upon it that we
should have said there was within it,
a living sol, had he not assured us they
were simply do faces. We trust the
instrument was not seriously injured
" AhS IL lCCCiNSus MAY lHC
Stone used by the class members of
IS subdue every Lyon they may meet
IN the Chase before them. May the
shadows of the ShdttuckS become q
substance. May they ever be strictly
so that at future supprrs
hey may never call themselves Tight
rs. May no slang escape them when
except Shaa0! May it ever
De joy to them that through a for
eign alliance they have falleh into the
oval line of the family of .SteUarts,
md also that they are akin TO the phi
osopher and politician Burke and the
'Oet Bryant. May their Currier be
o perfected that the class will never
iced a ten cent shine. If in their ]
raIks through life they find a large or
iol- brook over which they must cross,
nay they find a Bush with ee from ]
which they can gather aid and strength. {
hay the class be Rich in learning and
Il that strength of character which
hall enable them TO achieve "Ihrough
labor Victory" SO may the class OF F.;
So be MO1UeT to the world than any
which has preceded il. -